strathspey@strathspey.org:45437

John Chambers
May 31, 2006, 3:36 p.m. (Message 45437)

Re: Reels and Hornpipes

Pat commented:
| Thanks to John and Steve for, um, kinda sorta clarifying this matter of the
| time signature. At least now I know I haven't been misunderstanding some
| important and perhaps obvious fact about what 4/4 time means.
;-)
It can't really be completely clarified, because both musicians and
dancers are hopelessly sloppy and inconsistent in their terminology
and notation.
For example, the terms "reel" and "jig" are used by both musicians
and dancers, but with unrelated meanings. And most of them aren't
even aware of the problem.
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